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Why hasn't HLS caught on more broadly? From what I know it's not licensed / patented by apple. Many Flash players implement it, and overall its a great way of delivering video over HTTP.


Its encumbered by being an Apple standard (NIH). Adobe is pushing HDS, and Google is pushing an open standard called MPEG-DASH.

They all do the same thing fundamentally; the only differences are slight technical details and who is in control of the standard.


It appears to have interoperability issues. The Apple livestreams certainly never seem to play reliably in non-Apple HLS clients.




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